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<blockquote data-quote="RES0574" data-source="post: 16352307" data-attributes="member: 176936"><p>I will give you some perspective that will hopefully help with your decision.</p><p></p><p>I have a 14 Raptor, a 15 Explorer Sport, and a 17 F350. I work in the marine industry, so I am either in the areas based in urban/city environments (NE - NY Harbor, Philly, Norfolk) or out in the middle of no where like Port Fourchon-LA, Venice-LA, Panama City FL, etc.</p><p></p><p>Driving the Raptor in urban environments that have parking garages, small parking spaces, narrow lanes of traffic is a pain in arse. Especially if you like to not have your mirrors ripped off, or doors dented. I drove my Raptor in Brooklyn for a couple of months, and will never drive that truck in those types of areas again. It translates into it taking 15 minutes getting somewhere, or 45 minutes because you cannot just whip around like you can in a smaller vehicle. I do not drive my F350 when I am in that area either. The Explorer is perfect because I can whip that thing in and out of lanes because of all the double parking. Also, parking in a normal or small parking garage isnt happening. In fact, some garages will not even let you come in.</p><p></p><p>So the point I am making is, if most of your travels involve being in urban/highly populated/space constrained areas, you will not enjoy driving your Raptor always worrying about what you will hit. Or some a-hole who drives a POS just flings their door open in the spot next to you, denting and scratching your door.</p><p></p><p>In fact, the ONLY reason I have the 15 Explorer is to drive in these types of areas without having to worry about damage.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RES0574, post: 16352307, member: 176936"] I will give you some perspective that will hopefully help with your decision. I have a 14 Raptor, a 15 Explorer Sport, and a 17 F350. I work in the marine industry, so I am either in the areas based in urban/city environments (NE - NY Harbor, Philly, Norfolk) or out in the middle of no where like Port Fourchon-LA, Venice-LA, Panama City FL, etc. Driving the Raptor in urban environments that have parking garages, small parking spaces, narrow lanes of traffic is a pain in arse. Especially if you like to not have your mirrors ripped off, or doors dented. I drove my Raptor in Brooklyn for a couple of months, and will never drive that truck in those types of areas again. It translates into it taking 15 minutes getting somewhere, or 45 minutes because you cannot just whip around like you can in a smaller vehicle. I do not drive my F350 when I am in that area either. The Explorer is perfect because I can whip that thing in and out of lanes because of all the double parking. Also, parking in a normal or small parking garage isnt happening. In fact, some garages will not even let you come in. So the point I am making is, if most of your travels involve being in urban/highly populated/space constrained areas, you will not enjoy driving your Raptor always worrying about what you will hit. Or some a-hole who drives a POS just flings their door open in the spot next to you, denting and scratching your door. In fact, the ONLY reason I have the 15 Explorer is to drive in these types of areas without having to worry about damage. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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